Bruins defenseman Ference out “a little more” than two weeks

After remaining quiet on the busiest of days in the NHL, Bruins general manager made a couple of minor league moves, but none that will help his parent club — or any of its injured players — any time soon.

Defenseman Andrew Ference, who was limited to just six minutes, two seconds of ice time in Saturday night’s 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, will remain sidelined for at least two weeks with a lower-body injury.

Bruins general manager addressed the media this afternoon shortly after the 3:00 p.m trade deadline inside the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata, Ontario, Canada.

“Ference is a short term injury,” he said. “I’d say a little more than that [two weeks].”

After signing 35-year-old defenseman Shane Hnidy to a one-year deal, Chiarelli touched upon his status.

“Hnides, he’s a longer term in the sense that he has to rehab and get into shape, but we knew that from the start.”